Business is Contagious

This game was created as part of Nokia 3310 Jam 2, with the theme "Death is Good". It draws inspiration from trading sims like Drugwars, while attempting to evoke the UI of the Nokia 3310 operating system. The game is implemented using Octo, an IDE for the venerable CHIP-8 games platform. If you download the cartridge file below, you can open it in Octo and view the full source code.

Gameplay

Take on the role of a semi-legal medical supply trader, taking advantage of a mysterious disease afflicting a large urban center.

• Buy and sell commodities
• Get hints about the market from informants
• Take out high-interest loans from seedy characters
• Play blackjack at the casino
• Rob hospitals
• ...And more!

Controls

The control scheme mimics that of the Nokia 3310 OS, and would be comfortably playable one-handed, provided your hands have thumbs.

• W/Up - navigate up in menus
• S/Down - navigate down in menus
• E/Space - choose a menu option, or advance through text/image screens

On mobile devices, the "A" button on the virtual gamepad acts like "E".